University of Glasgow blether thread

Hey people, I just got my student number and email set up this wek - I guess I'm officially a student now so I figured I should come by and say hi! Hope to see everyone in October - or maybe sooner who knows

What form is your student number in? I'm a 06xxxxx, most people in my year are 07xxxxx. By now they must have reached 10xxxxx(?)

Are you a new incoming student? How come they got that stuff set up so early?

Dunno why it's so early. They wanted me to pre-register on websurf and now they want me to pick 120 credits worth of courses and set up an adviser meeting. It's all go

Hmm. Weird! I want to pick my classes and set up an adviser meeting lol!
But I'll sit tight until September!

Have you not had your stuff through yet? Maybe they send them out in stages or something - maybe different faculties get them at different times?

Or maybe your postie nicked the letter and your place at uni...

I'm going into 2nd year politics (exciting!).
Is it dreaded 9am lectures?

Back to Glasgow in 8 days It's only for a couple of weeks and it's for the purpose of work, but I'm still excited. Despite studying there for 4 years I've never actually been there in the middle of the summer. Having worked in Durham University Library for the last few weeks I'm intrigued to see how quiet/busy campus is in comparison at this time of year.

God. Well that's a mouthful! Congratulations, I guess! When are you moving back?

I still need to send in my Freshers' Helper form...


Also...which drinks are still £1?!

Back to Glasgow in 8 days It's only for a couple of weeks and it's for the purpose of work, but I'm still excited. Despite studying there for 4 years I've never actually been there in the middle of the summer. Having worked in Durham University Library for the last few weeks I'm intrigued to see how quiet/busy campus is in comparison at this time of year.

I move back into my new old flat (the place I used to stay, my old flatmate still lives there and was looking for a roommate again, although now we have two bedrooms and a mahoosive living room rather than three bedrooms and no living room) on the second of August. I've then got two conferences to go to and a few things to do for the NHS in Aug, probably hit the gym while the going is good (and to give me a higher base from which to fall from in September) and then start prepping the liver for FW. You should really get your form in quickly.

£1 Sunday-Thursday still exists at Viper, no? I know Bamboo still does it, but that place hasn't been good since 2006. Literally. Aren't some things in the GUU still £1, especially on Fridays? The licensing laws are different in England- not that that matters, since £3 doubles and £2 bottles of beer with just £4 entry before 11.30 are their idea of 'promos'. Even if the prices double in Glasgow, it'll still be a whack cheaper, not to mention that I'm paying £75 a month less in rent.

Glasgow is pretty dead on campus over summer, just the resit/final years/postgrads who float around, and even then, not a lot. The occasional conference, but that's about it. The club crowd gets quite different, all the locals (technically me) come out to play and it's only busy on the weekends. I still think Glasgow's library is the best one I've used though- Oxford's are a bit hit and miss- some of them are stunning to look at but horrible to spend more than two hours in. Cambridge's is just merde, and there's never anything I need in my college's library, which is a shame since it's the only place open past 10pm.

My god... after all the time that I've seen you posting and thinking "that guy has a messed up user name" I just realised it's your matriculation number. God I'm dumb - should probably of went to Strathclyde then :/

I count myself extremely lucky to have such a good library with everything in one place. At the moment Durham has three scattered at just about opposite ends of the city. Main Library is OK, but it isn't brilliant given the university's reputation and doesn't hold a candle to Glasgow's I guess the collegiate system means a huge central library isn't really necessary.